Checking the ads aired as monitored by Kantar Media CMAG and pairing that with the fact-checking of FactCheck.org, the Annenberg Public Policy found the pro-Romney crew spent $8.8 million worth DD (“dollars in deception”) attacking Newt Gingrich; $9.4 million worth of fibs attacking former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and an estimated 42.6 million touting Mitt’s own accomplishments.

The pro-Mitt super PAC accounted for 89 percent of all deceptive dollar spending in the GOP primary season through the Wisconsin throwdown.

Now, Romney’s campaign has consistently distanced itself from the pro-Mitt super PAC because legally they were not allowed to coordinate. But we never heard Mitt call out any specific ads because they were deceptive.

The other three third-party presidential super PACs Annenberg looked at spent $2.5 million in deceptive dollars attacking Mitt. Included in that haul: